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Carlisle Companies Reports Record First Quarter Diluted EPS of $1.33, a 45% Increase from Prior Year

Carlisle Companies Incorporated (CSL) today announced its financial results for the three month period ended March 31, 2019.

First quarter revenue increased 8.9% to a record $1.1 billion, of that 5.9% was organic

Operating income reached a record $114.7 million, an increase of 21.1% year-over-year

Diluted EPS from continuing operations for the quarter included $0.08 of restructuring, facility rationalization, and acquisition related costs

Repurchased 1.4 million shares for $157.1 million in the quarter

First Quarter 2019

Revenues of $1.1 billion increased 8.9% from $984.7 million in the first quarter of 2019. Organic revenue grew 5.9% (organic revenue defined as revenue excluding acquired revenues within the last twelve months and the impact of changes in foreign exchange rates versus the U.S. Dollar). Acquired revenues contributed a total of 3.9% in the quarter. Changes in foreign exchange rates had a negative (0.9%) impact on revenues.

Operating income of $114.7 million was up 21.1% from the first quarter of 2018. Operating income performance was driven by higher sales volume, price realization, and contributions from the Carlisle Operating System (COS), partially offset by increases in labor-related costs, unfavorable mix, and higher restructuring at Carlisle Interconnect Technologies (CIT).

In addition to the factors driving operating income improvement, diluted EPS from continuing operations was beneficially impacted by lower taxes and share count.

During the first quarter of 2019, Carlisle completed the acquisition of Petersen Aluminum Corporation, a manufacturer of high-quality architectural metal products, and subsequently on April 1, 2019, acquired MicroConnex, a manufacturer of highly engineered microminiature flex circuits and sensors.

Carlisle repurchased 1.4 million shares of common stock for $157.1 million in the first quarter.

Comment

Chris Koch, President and Chief Executive Officer, said, “Our record results in the first quarter reflected: continued healthy demand across many of our key end markets, price discipline, efficiencies gained from COS, contributions from acquisitions, and solid execution of our operating plans by Carlisle's employees around the globe. Building on the solid momentum we gained during the fourth quarter of 2018, we drove record first quarter revenues, operating income, and diluted EPS. We also continue to gain traction on the key objectives of Vision 2025, including:

Revenues of $671.1 million, up 12.1% (organic +6.3%) year-over-year, were driven by continued strength in U.S. roofing demand, growth in Europe, new product introductions and contributions from acquisitions, despite challenging weather that reduced available roofing days to contractors.

Operating income was $92.9 million, up 22.6% year-over-year. Operating margin of 13.8%, a 110 basis point improvement, benefited from price/cost realization, savings and benefits from COS, and operational improvements, offset by higher labor and acquisition related costs.

Items affecting comparability were costs of $1.6 million versus income of $1.8 million in the first quarter of 2018.

We now expect CCM to achieve low-double digit revenue growth in 2019, vs. up high-single to low-double digits prior.

Carlisle Interconnect Technologies (CIT)

Revenues of $246.4 million, up 9.9% (+10.0% organic) year-over-year were driven by strength in Aerospace, Test & Measurement, and Space/Defense.

Operating income was $30.6 million, up 12.5% year-over-year. Operating margin of 12.4%, a 30 basis point improvement, benefited from higher volumes, price/cost realization, and savings and benefits from COS, partially offset by higher restructuring and labor charges, and unfavorable mix.

Items affecting comparability were costs of $4.9 million versus $2.6 million in the first quarter of 2018.

We now expect CIT to achieve mid-to-high single digit revenue growth in 2019, vs. up mid-single digits prior.

Operating income was $6.4 million, up 12.3% year-over-year. Operating margin of 10.1%, a 110 basis point improvement, demonstrates CFT's continued execution of their plans to improve the margin profile of the business. Margins benefited from higher volumes, savings and benefits from COS, and price/cost realization, partially offset by raw material inflation, higher labor-related and restructuring charges.

Items affecting comparability were income of $0.9 million versus costs of $0.5 million in the first quarter of 2018.

We continue to expect CFT to achieve mid-single digit revenue growth in 2019.

Operating income was $6.5 million, up 44.4% year-over-year. Operating margin of 7.1%, a 250 basis point improvement, was driven by efficiencies gained by the Tulsa, Oklahoma to Medina, Ohio plant consolidation, lower restructuring costs, price realization, and savings and benefits from COS, partially offset by lower volumes and higher labor-related and raw material costs.

Items affecting comparability were costs of $1.3 million versus $2.0 million in the first quarter of 2018.

We now expect CBF revenues to be flat in 2019, vs. up low-single-digits prior.

Cash Flow

Free cash flow (defined as cash provided by operating activities less capital expenditures, and comprised of continuing and discontinued operations) was $86.5 million for the first three months ended March 31, 2019, an increase of $95.8 million versus the prior year. The increase in free cash flow was primarily attributable to higher cash earnings, more efficient usage of working capital, and lower capital expenditures.

During the first three months ended March 31, 2019, we redeployed our free cash flow towards the acquisitions of Petersen Aluminum Corporation, the repurchase of Carlisle common stock for $157.1 million and $23.3 million in dividends paid. As of March 31, 2019, we had $516.6 million of cash and $1 billion of availability under our revolving credit facility.

Table 1. Revenue Breakdown

Three Months EndedMarch 31, 2019

CCM

CIT

CFT

CBF

Change in Organic Revenues

6.3

%

10.0

%

2.2

%

(3.8

)%

Net Impact from Acquisitions

6.3

%

0.2

%

—

%

—

%

Impact from FX

(0.5

)%

(0.3

)%

(2.8

)%

(3.3

)%

Change in Revenues

12.1

%

9.9

%

(0.6

)%

(7.1

)%

Conference Call and Webcast

The Company will discuss first quarter 2019 results on a conference call at 5:00 p.m. ET today. The call may be accessed live by going to the Investor Relations section of the Carlisle website (http://www.carlisle.com/investor-relations/events-and-webcasts/default.aspx), or the taped call may be listened to shortly following the live call at the same website location. A PowerPoint presentation will accompany the call and can be found on the Carlisle website as well.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.Forward-looking statements generally use words such as “expect,” “foresee,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “project,” “should,” “estimate,” “will,” “plans,” “forecast,” and similar expressions, and reflect our expectations concerning the future.It is possible that our future performance may differ materially from current expectations expressed in these forward-looking statements, due to a variety of factors such as: increasing price and product/service competition by foreign and domestic competitors, including new entrants; technological developments and changes; the ability to continue to introduce competitive new products and services on a timely, cost-effective basis; our mix of products/services; increases in raw material costs which cannot be recovered in product pricing; domestic and foreign governmental and public policy changes including environmental and industry regulations; threats associated with and efforts to combat terrorism; protection and validity of patent and other intellectual property rights; the successful integration and identification of our strategic acquisitions; the cyclical nature of our businesses; and the outcome of pending and future litigation and governmental proceedings. In addition, such statements could be affected by general industry and market conditions and growth rates, the condition of the financial and credit markets, and general domestic and international economic conditions including interest rate and currency exchange rate fluctuations.Further, any conflict in the international arena may adversely affect general market conditions and our future performance.We refer you to the documents we file from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, such as our reports on Form 10-K, Form 10-Q and Form 8-K, for a discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from our current expectations and from the forward-looking statements contained in this press release.We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement.

Items affecting comparability include costs, and losses or gains related to, among other things, growth and profitability improvement initiatives and other events outside of core business operations (such as asset impairments, exit and disposal and facility rationalization charges, costs of and related to acquisitions, litigation settlement costs, gains and losses from and costs related to divestitures, and discrete tax items). Because these items affect Carlisle's, or any particular operating segment's, financial condition or results in a specific period in which they are recognized, we believe it is appropriate to present the total of these items to provide information regarding the comparability of results of operations period to period.

Three Months EndedMarch 31,

(in millions, except per share amounts)

2019

2018

Impact to Operating Income

Exit and disposal costs

$

6.8

$

3.1

Other facility rationalization costs

1.4

2.2

Acquisition related costs:

Inventory step-up amortization

0.5

—

Other acquisition costs

1.5

1.1

Gains from contingent consideration

(3.0

)

—

Gains from divestitures

—

(2.0

)

Total

$

7.2

$

4.4

Impact to Diluted EPS from Continuing Operations (1)

Exit and disposal costs

$

0.09

$

0.04

Other facility rationalization costs

0.02

0.02

Acquisition related costs:

Inventory step-up amortization

—

—

Other acquisition costs

0.02

0.01

Gains from contingent consideration

(0.05

)

—

Gains from divestitures

—

(0.02

)

Total

$

0.08

$

0.05

Impact to Operating Income

Carlisle Construction Materials

$

1.6

$

(1.8

)

Carlisle Interconnect Technologies

4.9

2.6

Carlisle Fluid Technologies

(0.9

)

0.5

Carlisle Brake & Friction

1.3

2.0

Corporate

0.3

1.1

Total

$

7.2

$

4.4

Impact to Diluted EPS from Continuing Operations (1)

Carlisle Construction Materials

$

0.02

$

(0.02

)

Carlisle Interconnect Technologies

0.06

0.03

Carlisle Fluid Technologies

(0.02

)

0.01

Carlisle Brake & Friction

0.02

0.02

Corporate

—

0.01

Total

$

0.08

$

0.05

(1)

Tax effect is based on the rate of the jurisdiction where the expense is deductible or income is taxable.